Trial has been set for a 17-year-old charged in the slaying of John Versypt, the landlord of an Iowa City apartment complex, for May 3.

Charles William Curtis Thompson was arrested for the October 2009 shooting death of Versypt, who was said to be checking up on one of his apartment buildings on Broadway. Police believe Thompson, who came to Iowa City from Holland, Mich., in the summer of 2008, planned to rob Versypt.

A pretrial conference is scheduled for April 22.

— by Sam Lane